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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

When life gets busy, be still


                                                        (my little sweetheart - Sophia)
     We all struggle with it. Some of us are better than others. If you are anything like me you need a reminder! Life is Crazy, busy, stressful and an opportunity to glorify our God. If we are not making time daily to just sit with the Lord in prayer the craziness, stress and business will get to us. It will take over and we will fall away from the Lord. This is the sad truth of being a Youth Minister, that many of us are so caught up in everything our teens are doing and we try the best to be present to all of them that we neglect our own needs especially spiritually. Over the past couple months this was a big struggle for me. I was leaving the parish that I worked at for 7 years and transitioning to a new parish. Stress was high as they still haven't hired anyone to fill my position. I wanted to make sure the kids knew I wasn't abandoning them but in the mean time I was abandoning making my own personal prayer time a priority in my life. The wake up call came when I finally started at my new parish. It was a new beginning, a fresh start. I realized I was getting to caught up in everything between work and family life. I needed to step back from all the business of life and all the thoughts in my head and be still, be silent. I needed to allow God to love me, and I have to be silent to hear him. I have to go in to the Church and sit there. I pray with no agenda. I need to pray like my children. My girls (ages 2 and 4) love to go into church and say hi to Jesus and Mary. 
     I can tell you that it is refreshing to remember that Jesus calls us to just be still. Matthew 26-36Sit here while I go over there and pray" Jesus wants us to sit with Him and watch what He does in our hearts and in our ministries. Remember that it is Him who should be leading our ministries not us. I need that reminder! To allow God to be the driving force. To sit with Him and let him put thoughts in my head and to move my heart. I pray that everyone in ministry is able to keep Christ at the center and lets have someone to keep us accountable. Recently, I have been trying to connect with others in ministry. This is so important, to have others that our serving the Lord surround us. If you don't have anyone right now make the first move; find at least one person even if its your pastor. We cannot do it alone. Im praying for you and your ministries, please pray for me as well.

                              (stay awake! Pray and see what the Lord does in your ministry!)